General Admission

Students may be admitted into a degree program (either associate or baccalaureate) or into a certificate program, or they may enroll in classes as special, non-degree-seeking students. Application to the undergraduate program includes the following:

  • MSPS Application for Undergraduate Admission;
  • $55 non-refundable application fee;
  • Official transcript(s) from high school(s) attended or official GED completion report;
  • Official transcript(s) from previous college(s) attended (if applicable);
  • Statement of educational and career goals;
  • Current résumé;
  • A pre-admission interview with an Admission Counselor and
  • One letter of recommendation (required for degree applicants; only by request for certificate applicants).

The submission of College Level Examination Program (CLEP) scores, Dantes Subject Standardized Test (DSST) scores, and Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores is encouraged and may be helpful when discussing educational history and objectives. For additional information about MSPS Admissions, please visit http://metro.catholic.edu/admissions.

Admission Deferral

New students must register for classes in the semester in which they are admitted. A new student who choses to postpone their admission to a future semester must indicate their plan to defer on the Intent to Enroll Form. Please see an admissions counselor for more information.

Students who have been previously dismissed for Academic Performance

Students who were dismissed from their most recent institution due to poor performance – whether from The Catholic University of America or another institution of higher education – will need to provide evidence of their ability to succeed at the Metropolitan School before being admitted. Under most circumstances, such evidence will entail one of the following:

Completing 6 semester credits as a non-degree-seeking student at the Metropolitan School of Professional Studies and earning a cumulative GPA of 2.5 from those 6 credits, or

Completing 6 semester credits at another institution of higher learning and earning a cumulative GPA of 2.5 from those 6 credits.